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Tag Archives: union

In Communion with All

What would it be like to be raised on gratitude, to raise a pledge of interdependence? Continue Reading In Communion with All

From Me to We

Once God and grace move us to the second half of life, religion becomes much more a mystical matter. Continue Reading From Me to We

Reality as Communion

Unless Christ is experienced as a living relationship between people, the gospel remains largely an abstraction. Continue Reading Reality as Communion

Transformed by the Dark Night

If something does not give birth to humility, and love, and dying to self, and simplicity, and silence—what can it be? Continue Reading Transformed by the Dark Night

Strength in All Things

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair. Continue Reading Strength in All Things

A Dynamic Unity

Our encounter with the eternal Christ mystery started 13.8 billion years ago in an event we now call the “Big Bang.” Continue Reading A Dynamic Unity

Jesus in the Trinity

Jesus never doubts his union with God, and he hands on union with God to us through this fully participatory universe. Continue Reading Jesus in the Trinity

Creating a People

Until and unless Christ is someone happening between people, the gospel remains largely an abstraction. Continue Reading Creating a People

Only One Message

There’s really only one message: there is no separation between God and creation. Continue Reading Only One Message

A Hopeful Foundation

Original Goodness A Hopeful Foundation Sunday, October 24, 2021 We are not loved because we are so beautiful and good. We are beautiful and good because we are loved. —Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Joy (video interview, 2014) There is plenty of evidence in the world to conclude that there is something fundamentally flawed with humanity.… Continue Reading A Hopeful Foundation

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